The line had been shut for a week because of floods at Datchet with replacement buses running for several days. However South West Trains released a statement to passengers this morning which said: "Following severe flooding in Datchet, the line between Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside has now reopened.

"Our engineers have approved the site as safe to run trains through and the line has been cleared of floodwater.

"The first trains to run on this route will be the 08:58 London Waterloo - Windsor & Eton Riverside service and the 08:53 Windsor & Eton Riverside - London Waterloo service.

"After these services have run through, a normal train service will resume. Buses will remain on standby at Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside

"We are sorry for the disruption this has caused to you during the periods of severe weather and we thank you for your patience whilst we have worked to reopen the line."

Network Rail

9:31 am

The Environment Agency has said more wet weather brings a continued risk of flooding this week as rivers respond to more rainfall.

Temporary flood defences in places such as Staines and Chertsey, which has the giant sausage, are protecting hundreds of homes at present.

Caroline Douglass, regional manager, said: “We advise communities to remain vigilant as river levels remain high across the region, bringing a continued risk of flooding across the South East. Groundwater flooding also remains a concern as catchments are saturated following the heavy rainfall over the last few weeks.

“We are advising people not to remove sandbag defences but to leave them in place and reinforce them if needed. We strongly urge the public not to walk or drive through flood water and we are advising people to stay away from coastal paths and promenades as these could be highly dangerous due to large waves."

9:39 am

Another example of the community spirit shown this week.

Sainsbury's in Kiln Lane, Epsom, teamed up with the community group What's On In Epsom to collect food donations for the people of Chertsey. A community grant of £500 was also issued to the group to buy more supplies before volunteers borrowed a Epsom & Ewell Borough Council van to delivered to food to St Peter's Church in Windsor Street, Chertsey.

9:51 am

Here are details of some of the roads which are closed or blocked this morning due to the weather:

The Street in Betchworth is closed because of a fallen tree.

A22 Purley Cross to Whyteleafe (flooding)

A320 Staines to Chertsey (flooding)

A308 Egham to Old Windsor (flooding)

Chertsey Bridge (flooding)

Meanwhile trains are still not running between Woldingham and Oxted because of a landslip last week between the two stations. Southern has said the line will not reopen until tomorrow (Tuesday February 18) at the earliest.

A half-hourly train service is running between London Victoria and Woldingham. Meanwhile buses are also operating replacement services
in the area still.

Sophie and Nikodem, who were born a week early at St Peter’s Hospital were rescued, along with their parents, last week as water started to come through the floorboards.

10:25 am

Some more details of the rail replacement services
running as a result of the landslip between Woldingham and Oxted.

London Victoria - Woldingham

Trains will run every 30 minutes

Woldingham - Oxted

Trains will not run, neither will any replacement bus service due to poor road conditions

Oxted - Uckfield

Trains will run every hour, but may be delayed by up to 20 minutes due to speed restrictions

Oxted - East Grinstead

Trains will run every 30 minutes

Additional bus services

Buses will run between Oxted and Redhill, between Three Bridges and East Grinstead and between Uckfield and Haywards Heath for connections to and from London

Passengers at Sanderstead, Upper Warlingham, Riddlesdown, and Woldingham wanting to travel to stations between Oxted and East Grinstead should travel to Redhill via East Croydon for an onward bus connection to Oxted

Some more news on the reopening of the South West Trains route between Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside (see 9.15am)

Arthur Pretorius, customer service director of the South West Trains/Network Rail alliance, said: "Since the flood waters have dropped, our engineers have been out checking the line is safe to allow us to resume services as soon as possible. We would like to thank passengers for their patience and understanding over the past week.

"We will continue to monitor the Met Office weather forecasts and take advice from the Environment Agency so we can keep customers updated on their train services. Our advice to customers is to check before travel in view of the continued unsettled weather at this time."

Flood waters, which have closed the line since Monday February 10 have receded allowing trains to run again. Test trains have been running along to the route to check the track for flood damage and any other obstacles from the storms on Friday night (February 14), but engineers declared the route operational this morning.

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